Lady doctor Shazia Khalid has denied reports that she was gang-raped in Sui and said only one person was involved when she was also being beaten and tortured in her bedroom the whole night. In an e-mail message sent to a prominent anchor of a TV channel which he broadcast, Dr Shazia said she continues to face immense pressure to term the incident as a dacoity. The authorities have done nothing to ensure justice to her. She disclosed that one month after the incident, the Naseerabad police have contacted her saying they have recorded voices of about 200 people for her to identify the culprit. The lady doctor gave her telephone numbers in the e-mail message to the anchor who then talked to her and her spouse Khalid, an engineer by profession. Dr Shazia told him that Khalid was under intense pressure from his parents to divorce her but he had vowed to stand by her even though he had also lost his job in Libya. | Maybe we should give the doc and her family asylum in the U.S. |
The lady doctor regretted that her case had been politicised while no body had tried to ensure justice. "My entire social life and honour has been destroyed. I have thought of committing suicide a number of times. I would have done so, had my husband not stood by me at this critical hour," she added. The e-mail found its resonance in the Senate as well where Overseas Minister Tariq Azim read it out. He said the lady doctor has not implicated army captain Hammad by name. Though she remained blindfolded all the time and could not see her assailant, it has emerged from the account narrated to others that he was a bearded and tall man. Hammad is cleans-shaven and shorter in stature. "It is apparent that Hammad has been unfairly implicated and the institution of the army maligned without waiting for findings of an inquiry that is underway," Azim said. Senator Mushahid Hussain conceded that massive cover-up had aggravated the situation but quoted President Musharraf as declaring at a meeting with top commanders and aides that no one guilty would be spared irrespective of the fact whether he is in khaki or mufti.